Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)dictionaries

Knowledge

The difference between “knowledge” and “belief’ is nothing more than In the degree of certainty, with re-gard to things which make not a very deep Impression on the memory, it mny be called “belief.” “Knowledge” is nothing more than a man’s firm belief. The difference is ordl-narily merely in the degree, to be judged of by the court, when addressed to the court; by the Jury, wheu addressed to the

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)